Set mainly in the Mediterranean area between 1594-1608, this is not the best time for apprentice falconer Pawl Cassa to fall in love with Lucia, a headstrong young girl with a mysterious past.
Most... More > of the region was under Turkish rule with the notable exception of Malta, firmly Catholic under the Knights of St. John and England, firmly Protestant under Elizabeth and James 1st.
They are soon parted by a series of curious and unexpected events, but Pawl swears not to give up until he finds Lucia again. When they finally meet again their lives have changed radically and it takes years of trial and danger in many lands before they finally find happiness.< Less

The original terrible threesome once again coalesce in pursuit of a fabled piece of canine statuary, this time in the Long Island mansion of a Croesus-rich cartoonist who, while being dead these 50... More > years, is still calling the shots…
This play is a comedy spoof in three acts.< Less

The Efficiency Expert is a 1921 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. One of a small number of Burroughs' novels set in contemporary America as opposed to a fantasy universe, The Efficiency Expert follows... More > the adventures of Jimmy Torrance as he attempts to make a career for himself in 1921 Chicago. The book is remarkable for the criminal livelihoods of the hero's friends. It was also admitted to be a fictionalization of Burroughs' own difficulties in finding a job prior to becoming a best-selling writer. Though written in 1919, it was first published in the October 1921 edition of the All-Story Weekly magazine.< Less

It all seemed so simple when Dirk Dada took the case, an easy paycheck for tracking down a missing water fowl, gone AWOL after a gunshot at a swanky soiree in Picabia Heights. But things got... More > complicated when a famous party guest turned up dead under a mysterious pile of feathers in a talking mime's ballroom. Nothing's ever simple in Dadaville.
The mystery continues in Volume 2 of the Dada Detective: The Mime Who Talked Too Much!< Less

Once again we visit the retro-futuristic milieu of Mister X and Terminal City. This time with electric detective Menlo Park and his gal Friday, Anesta Robbins. Murder and intrigue in the... More > good-old-fashioned world of tomorrow. "Moonlighting" meets "Metropolis" via "The Maltese Falcon" by way of "The Jetsons." Written and illustrated by Dean Motter. Anthology of the 1999 Image Comics series. Revised and extended.< Less

When Michael Drayton, a private investigator from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, awakes to find that his wealthiest client has been murdered while he was working for the man’s daughter and... More > son-in-law, he suddenly finds himself at once suspect, alibi, witness, and investigator. Michael Drayton, Detective Guy is an exploration of the hardboiled mystery and noir genres with subtle, yet conscious, allusions to The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, and even Raymond Chandler’s famous essay, “The Simple Art of Murder.”< Less

When Michael Drayton, a private investigator from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, awakes to find that his wealthiest client has been murdered while he was working for the man’s daughter and... More > son-in-law, he suddenly finds himself at once suspect, alibi, witness, and investigator. Michael Drayton, Detective Guy is an exploration of the hardboiled mystery and noir genres with subtle, yet conscious, allusions to The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, and even Raymond Chandler’s famous essay, “The Simple Art of Murder.”< Less

Providing an overview of the entire thriller genre, this book examines over 160 movies from classic Hollywood and British studios, including such essential film noir entries as "Murder, My... More > Sweet", "The Dark Corner", "The Maltese Falcon" and "Afraid To Talk".
Great cinema detectives are represented by William Powell (all six of his Thin Man pictures are detailed and discussed), Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Warner Oland (Charlie Chan), Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Peter Ustinov (Hercule Poirot), Margaret Rutherford (all four of her Miss Marple films are covered), and others including the Saint, the Falcon, Bulldog Drummond and Philo Vance. From director Alfred Hitchcock comes "Notorious", "Saboteur", "Number 17" and "Rich and Strange". A few comedies and spoofs, such as "Satan Met a Lady" (an amazing re-make of the original "Maltese Falcon" with Bette Davis and Warren William) and "Who Done It?" (with Abbott and Costello) round out the survey.< Less

Argosy is a revival of the classic pulp format for the digital age, publishing low-cost, quality pulp fiction.
Volume 1 contains fantastic yarns from the frontiers of humanity, whether that be the... More > old American West, the colonies of Mars, Saturn's asteroids or worlds beyond our solar system. Within this volume:
The Martian Falcon by Andrew J Lucas
A noir tale set on a Martian colony, inspired by the pulp classic The Maltese Falcon.
Marshal Jones's Hunt by James Hoffmeister
A space western on a terraformed planet about a gun-run gone terribly wrong.
Parsec Hiccup by Lancer Kind
A western style tale about a meteoroid mining camp that’s the site of a love triangle that turns into a musical battle.
Summers in the Snow by Clay Sheldon
A space western on a maglev. To say any more would give away the twist.
Also:
Kila S Tidwell (2204-2287) by Shombuddha Majumdar
Falling by William Meikle
Last Stand of the Calaveras Kid by Cynthia Ward
Valley of the Lost by Robert E. Howard< Less

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